# 119-hr-5200: Emergency Reporting Act

119-hr-5200, Emergency Reporting Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5200
- Congress: 119
- Title: Emergency Reporting Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-09-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**This Act forces the FCC to improve and publish outage reporting and resilience plans after Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) activations.** It also mandates stakeholder public hearings tied to prolonged DIRS activations to surface gaps and fixes.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 386 | 7 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Clear definitions for outage reporting: benefit, medium. This section would define who and what must be counted in FCC outage reporting. It would define broadband, mobile voice and data, and VoIP services. It would define emergency communications centers and key government terms. These definitions would take effect if the bill becomes law.
- FCC outage hearings and reports: benefit, medium. Not later than 1 year after enactment, and each year after, the FCC would hold at least one public hearing. Hearings would cover events from the prior year when the Disaster Information Reporting System was active for 7 days or more. The FCC would consider input from affected governments, residents…
- Study to improve 9-1-1 outage alerts: benefit, medium. Within 1 year of enactment, the FCC would study how to make outage notices to 9-1-1 centers better. It would assess adding visual information from providers in those notices to improve situational awareness. It would review how many 9-1-1 outages go unreported under current thresholds. The FCC woul…
- Limits on FCC power over broadband: mixed, low. This section would not give the FCC any broadband authority beyond what this text states. It would act as a guardrail on FCC actions under this section. The limit would start if the bill becomes law.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5200 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200)

## Related
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5200 (as of 2026-09-21).